Date: 1909
Source: Lenin Miscellany, Volume 28
Pages: 407-408

Richard Hennig: *Bahnen des Weltverkehrs* (pp. 284). Leipzig, 1909.

Mostly a simple narrative, enumeration of railways, maps, etc.

**Africa: Railways (1907) (p. 213)**

| | km | "under construction or definitely projected" |
|---|---|---|
| British colonies | 13,117 | 15,113 |
| Egypt (British) | 5,252 | 6,956 |
| **Sum = 18,369** | **22,069** |
| French colonies | 5,657 | 9,849 |
| Portuguese colonies | 1,173 | 2,313 |
| German colonies | 1,398 | 1,988 |
| Belgian colonies | 642 | — |
| Italian colonies | 115 | 115 |
| **Total** | **27,354** | **36,334** |

There are interesting indications of the most shameless struggle between the powers over concessions (for railways—for example, in China), swindling, and so forth and so on.